diff --git a/CHANGELOG.md b/CHANGELOG.md
index 4ff41c0..8b8e1ce 100644
--- a/CHANGELOG.md
+++ b/CHANGELOG.md
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
 ### Fix
 * Fix deprecation warning with ansible 2.7: Invoking "apt" only once while
   using a loop via squash_actions is deprecated.
+* Turn nft_old_pkg_list into a list.
 
 ## v1.5.0
 
diff --git a/defaults/main.yml b/defaults/main.yml
index a24be52..8711a2b 100644
--- a/defaults/main.yml
+++ b/defaults/main.yml
@@ -29,7 +29,8 @@ nft_pkg_state: 'present'
 #
 # List of old Iptables packages to remove to avoid duplicate firewall.
 #
-nft_old_pkg_list: 'iptables'
+nft_old_pkg_list:
+  - 'iptables'
                                                                    # ]]]
 # .. envvar:: nft_old_pkg_state [[[
 #